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Read the text and answer the questions that follow. Glow-worms I never tire of exploring the rugged coastline near our holiday cottage. The cottage is very close to the mouth of the river. The riverbank is only ten metres away and it s a very short walk to the beach. Late one night, I paddled my canoe down the river towards the ocean. The sensation of floating in total darkness was quite amazing. I drifted towards the river mouth until I felt the rise and fall of unseen swells and the swirling currents as the fresh water of the river mixed with the salt water of the sea. Far away, on the horizon, lightning flashed from time to time. I continued paddling and found myself inside a deep cave in one of the cliffs adjacent to the river (it was high tide so the cave was flooded) and suddenly I was underneath a galaxy of glow-worms. I paddled in for about 30 metres. The cave was so narrow that I couldn t hold the paddle horizontally as it jammed between the walls. All the while I followed a strip of light made by thousands of glow-worms high up on the ceiling. About halfway along, the water became too shallow to continue paddling so I pulled the canoe up onto the sandy floor and picked my way along a narrow passageway for another 30 metres. Here the roof was so low that I had to crouch down to get through, but on the other side it opened up into a huge room that was packed with many more thousands of glowworms. I was mesmerised. They shone like tiny blue-green lanterns high above me, the glow so bright that I was able to make out my immediate surroundings. I stood staring around me, transfixed by their brilliance. ICAS English Sample Paper UNSW Global Pty Limited 2
1. The narrator uses the expression a galaxy of glow-worms in order to (A) (B) (C) () emphasise the size of the glow-worms. describe how far away the glow-worms seemed. contrast the brightness of the glow-worms with lightning. compare the abundance of glow-worms to stars in the sky. 2. Which words in the text indicate the effect of the glow-worms? (A) (B) (C) () high up on the ceiling opened up into a huge room packed with many more thousands able to make out my immediate surroundings 3. The writer placed the word room in inverted commas to (A) (B) (C) () indicate it is not an actual room. emphasise that the cave was very large. show he is repeating what he has heard. identify a word commonly used to describe a cave. 4. Choose the correct order in which the sentences make a meaningful passage. 1. The noise caused by the lightning is called thunder. 3. Thunder and lightning occur when air currents form a storm cloud. 4. Inside the cloud, a massive electrical charge builds. (A) 1, 3, 2, 4 (B) 3, 4, 2, 1 (C) 3, 4, 1, 2 () 1, 3, 4, 2 5. Which word is IFFERENT in meaning? (A) aided (B) guided (C) helped () assisted 3 ICAS English Sample Paper UNSW Global Pty Limited
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QUESTION KEY KEY REASONING AREA LEVEL OF IFFICULTY 1 Interpret the use of figurative language in a literary recount WC Easy 2 Identify the quote that describes an effect in a literary recount TC Medium 3 A Interpret the use of inverted commas in a literary recount WC Easy 4 B Identify the correct order of sentences using grammatical clues SYN Medium 5 B Analyse a set of words to identify the word that is different in meaning VOC Medium LEGEN Area refers to the particular curriculum area or strand assessed by the question. TC Text comprehension WC Writer s craft SYN Syntax VOC Vocabulary questions which require students to comprehend information provided in the text as well as to interpret the information and use it to make inferences and predictions questions which require students to focus on the techniques, devices and choices that writers make to create an effect on the reader questions about accuracy and clarity within sentences or texts (e.g. pronoun reference, tense) and the recognition of grammatical terms (e.g. noun, main clause) questions about the meaning of words or phrases Level of difficulty refers to the expected level of difficulty for the question. Easy Medium Medium/Hard Hard more than 70% of candidates will choose the correct option about 50 70% of candidates will choose the correct option about 30 50% of candidates will choose the correct option less than 30% of candidates will choose the correct option ICAS English Sample Paper UNSW Global Pty Limited 6